These five songs address fear, hope and determination — just a few of the emotions in the fight against breast cancer. For those in the struggle, may hope and determination conquer fear.

1. Be OK Ingrid Michaelson; Be OK (Cabin 24/Red)
2. Chemo Limo Regina Spektor; Soviet Kitsch (Sire)
3. Just Stand Up! Artists Stand Up To Cancer; Single-Just Stand Up! (Island Def Jam
4. Make It Go Away (Radiation Song) Sheryl Crow; Detours (A&M/Interscope)
5. Ride Martina McBride; Shine (RCA)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® topic Pain & Healing: Medical.

According to a recent article in The New York Times, a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that Americans are not eating their vegetables — unless you count french fries as a vegetable.

Here are five songs to speak up for the rejected portion of our food pyramid. Eat up!

1. Addicted To Spuds “Weird Al” Yankovic; The Food Album (Volcano)
2. Chicken Cordon Bleus Steve Goodman; No Big Surprise: The Steve Goodman Anthology (Red Pajama)
3. I’d Eat It Anyway Imagination Movers; Good Ideas (Walt Disney)
4. Plant A Radish Original Cast; Fantasticks (Polydor)
5. Yes We Have No Bananas Spike Jones; Best Of Spike Jones-#2 (RCA)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Food & Beverages: Fruit, Food & Beverages: General and Food & Beverages: Vegetables.

Five years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and surrounding areas. The images of Americans calling for help from rooftops and flooded streets will stay with us forever.

In our post on this topic last year, we looked at songs from the personal, the political and the practical perspectives. This year, we list songs of rebuilding and renewal, of strength and hope. New Orleans — indeed, the entire Gulf Coast – will not be washed away.

1. How’s Your House Ian Hunter; ReDefine 8/29-C (NOMRF.org)
2. Let Your Light Shine R. Kelly; Single-Let Your Light Shine (Jive)
3. Poor Man’s Paradise Subdudes; Street Symphony (Narada)
4. Washed By The Water Will Hoge; Draw The Curtains (Rykodisc)
5. We Got Each Other (The Evacuation Song) Imagination Movers; Eight Feet (Walt Disney)

For all 64 songs on this topic, see GreenBookOfSongs.com® category Danger & Disaster: Hurricane Katrina.

A sad entry into the GreenBookofSongs.com® catalog is its newest category, Danger & Disaster: Oil Spills. Spurred by the ongoing tragedy of the Gulf oil spill, the Green Book has now begun collecting songs about this and other oil-related disasters.

The Green Book Of Songs By Subject has a long history of cataloging songs about disasters, both man-made and natural. Examples include songs about shipwrecks, road accidents and train disasters; floods, hurricanes and ecological woes; and more recent categories devoted to songs about 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. In addition, two rich categories for Protest and Politics: Social Injustice contain numerous songs decrying war, poverty and prejudice.

This new list differs from most Green Book categories in that it contains several grassroots contributions, including several homemade videos. Many of the songs we’ve gathered so far have been donated in order to raise money for the human and animal victims of the Deepwater spill. In keeping with that spirit, we are printing here the entire initial list of 14 songs, with links where available to a source where you can purchase and contribute.  Your suggestions for additions to this category are welcome.

1. Black Gold Dr. John; Video-Black Gold (DirtyCajuns.com)
2. BP Blues dirtycajuns; Video-BP Blues (DirtyCajuns.com)
3. Cry For The Fishermen Acoustic Fusion; Gulf Coast Relief-C (Global Green USA)
4. Don’t Go/BP Amoco Pearl Jam; Video-Don’t Go/BP Amoco (YouTube.com)
5. Drill Baby Drill Gil; Gulf Coast Relief-C (Global Green USA)
6. F.BP Revolving EffeX; Video-F.BP (YouTube.com)
7. Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick John Fahel; The Great Santa Barbara Oil Slick (Water)
8. Hole In The Ocean, A Joe Monto; Video-A Hole In The Ocean (AHoleInTheOcean.com)
9. It Ain’t My Fault Gulf Aid All Stars featuring The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Mos Def, Lenny Kravitz, Tim robbins and Trombone Shorty; Video-It Ain’t My Fault (Gulf Aid)
10. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) Marvin Gaye; What’s Going On (Motown)
11. Oil Is Blood Anfo Merc; Road Rage (Aluminum Legion)
12. Oil Song Steve Forbert; Best Of Steve Forbert-What Kinda Guy? (Nemperor)
13. Our World (Gulf Spill Awareness Version) Buckcherry; Video-Our World (Gulf Spill Awareness Version) (Geffen)
14. Sex Kills Joni Mitchell; The Beginning Of Survival (Geffen)

It has become clear that the BP oil spill is an ecological disaster. The following songs — all released prior to the current spill — warn of the crisis to come. This list is, literally, for the birds, as we watch them die.

1. Do You Want My Job Little Village; Little Village (Reprise)
2. Earth Imogen Heap; Ellipse (RCA)
3. Gasoline Sheryl Crow; Detours (A&M/Interscope)
4. Millenium Theater Ani DiFranco; Reprieve (Righteous Babe)
5. Only So Much Oil In The Ground Tower Of Power; Very Best Of Tower Of Power-The Warner Years (Rhino/WEA)
6. Price Of Gas Bloc Party; Silent Alarm (Vice)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Danger & Disaster, Gas Stations and Nature: Ecology.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, we compiled this playlist of songs about heroic astronauts, space exploration and shooting the moon. Turns out it isn’t made of green cheese!

1. Armstrong John Stewart; Cannons In The Rain (Legacy)
2. Armstrong, Aldrin And Collins Byrds; Ballad Of Easy Rider (Columbia)
3. Countdown Rush; Signals (Mercury)
4. Happy Blues For John Glenn Lightnin’ Hopkins; How Many More Years I Got (Fantasy)
5. Moondog Prefab Sprout; Jordan-The Comeback (Epic)
6. One Small Step Del Rey & The Sun Kings; I Am The Light (Trakwerx)
7. Sleeping Satellite Tasmin Archer; Great Expectations (SBK)
8. Way Up There Patti LaBelle; Single-Way Up There (Hip-O)

For more songs on this topic, see GreenBookofSongs.com® categories such as Moon, Space and Stars.

Earth Hour encourages us to turn out all the lights for just one hour each year, as a means of focusing on energy use. Hear are some songs to listen to during that hour – on your battery-powered device, in the dark!

1. Be The Rain Neil Young; Greendale (Reprise)
2. From A Distance Bette Midler; Some People’s Lives (Atlantic)
3. Last Lonely Eagle New Riders Of The Purple Sage; New Riders Of The Purple Sage (Columbia)
4. Nature’s Disappearing John Mayall; Room To Move (1969-1974) (Polydor)
5. Nature’s Way Spirit; Time Circle (Epic)
6. Victims Of Comfort Keb’Mo’; Keb’ Mo’ (Okeh)
7. With My Own Two Hands Ben Harper; Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin)

Find more songs on this topic in the GreenBookofSongs.com® categories Nature, Nature: Ecology and Energy.